DISTRICT 14-C GOVENOR'S GOAL

2025-2026

The District Governor for District 14-C (Adams, Cumberland, and York Counties) has set their 2025-2026 goals in consultation with the district’s leadership team, which includes the District Governor, Vice-District Governors, Zone Chairs, and others.  This year’s District 14-C goals are as follows:

1. Service Activity: Meet or exceed the 2024-2025 reporting percentages, and have more than 95% of clubs report service activities to Lions International
   • ​​​​Analyze/Review the club’s reporting data for District 14-C for the start of the 2025-2026 year.
   • Identify an individual that is knowledgeable in the reporting process & willing to work with all the clubs, especially the ones having trouble.
   • Determine "WHY" particular clubs are not reporting or are struggling.
   • Inform all Lions of the importance of reporting and encourage clubs to have 1 primary person, club secretary, with the reporting responsibility and encourage clubs to appoint a club administrator as a backup person to ensure regular service reporting.
   • Train - Communicate - Repeat.
2. ​Mission 1.5 (membership): Start one (1) new club with at least 20 charter members and induct 126 new members into existing clubs for a net gain of plus 5.
   • ​GET District Coordinator to chair a club extension team to review areas of opportunity to start new lions club(s).  (GET - Global Extension Team)
   • Provide tools to each zone chair to assist clubs to think - act - and overcome issues.
   • Identify and clubs which "may" be in trouble for whatever reason (membership, activity, dues).
   • Hold district wide orientation sessions twice a year, one in fall, one in spring, for new members and sponsors, and have them open to all lions.
   • Establish means to encourage and assist clubs to "Mentor" new and existing members on services - policies - expectations, etc.  This should be part of club meetings and district orientations.
   • Have zone chairs trained to report items and answer questions at district advisory meetings (zone meetings).
3. ​Leadership Development: conduct club officer plus new member and sponsor orientations.  All training will be reported by district GLT using the lion’s portal.  (GLT - Global Leadership Team)
   • ​Meet with district GAT to outline and discuss the training plan, plus approve to proceed.
   • Establish summer & fall curriculum, promote training, identify trainers and conduct training.
   • Update information in district as needed for year 2025-2026 ZC, DG, VDGs... new bios, calendar, etc.
   • Establish spring curriculum, promote training, identify trainers and conduct training.
   • Verify that training has been recorded and entered in the learn section of Lions portal.
   • Contact zone chairs to follow-up on club officers that have not completed training and encourage them to complete it.
   • Promote all training available to lions.  (Lions University, MD-symposiums, USA/Canada forum)
4. ​Lions Club International Foundation (LCIF): District and Clubs will donate at least $37,000.00 to LCIF with 100% club participation.
   • ​Inform clubs on the importance of LCIF donations and the benefits created by those donations.
   • District LCIF Chair to encourage cubs and individuals to make donations to LCIF.
   • Review all possible fundraising activities that could benefit LCIF and compare them to what has been done previously.
   • Encourage clubs and (individuals) to include LCIF in their annual budgets.
   • Report on status of donations at GAT meetings and cabinet meetings.
   • DG to personally make a donation to LCIF and encourage all cabinet members to do so as well.
   • Coordinate a district wide program to establish an LCIF day of giving.
5. ​Custom Goal:  Plan and hold three (3) service events with a focus on the environment, partnering with organizations like Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, Diabetes Awareness, partnering with local hospitals and childhood cancer awareness, partnering with Four Diamonds.
   • ​Appoint a chairperson for each event.
   • Review and discuss plans for the actual events (who - What - When - Where).
   • Inform all lions in the district of the events and how to proceed to make them successful.
   • Hold the Events - contact local media with information for each event throughout the year.
   • Celebrate success.